Dónall Ó Cualáin (born 4 November 1957) is a former Irish Garda who served as Acting

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from September 2017 to September 2018, after the resignation of

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Biography

From Carna in the

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area of

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, County Galway, Ó Culáin is a fluent

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speaker. He was appointed Deputy Garda Commissioner and Head of Governance and Strategy on 20 October 2015. Following the resignation of

, Ó Cualáin was appointed as Acting Garda Commissioner on 11 September 2017, by the Minister for Justice and Equality

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Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris was announced as the 21st Garda Commissioner by the

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on 26 June 2018. Ó Cualáin remained in place as Acting Commissioner until the official appointment of Harris on 3 September 2018, after which he retired.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:ÓCualáin, Dónall Garda Commissioners Living people People from County Galway Alumni of Garda Síochána College 1957 births 21st-century Irish people